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formatting drives

Emmanuelle

Posted 27 December 2005 - 01:19 AM

Emmanuelle

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My son, who seems to be a whiz with computers & xboxes but only tells me part of what I need to know, installed a 2nd drive (9 GBs) on my computer (18 GBs). He installed my system files & the programs on the small one. He left me totally confused. I hardly ever get to speak to him or see him, consequently I have spent a lot of time in the last year or so trying to clear my local drive out so I can use it properly. I am not fluent in system files but I am trying to learn file extensions, etc. I have just installed ZoneAlarm Security Suite if that makes any difference.

I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me which files to save on CD & then walk through the steps on how to format my computer. Before my son installed the small drive he walked me through formatting my hard drive over the phone, unfortunately I didn't write it down as I was doing it but can remember vaguely bits and pieces.